****Liking this, oh wait look what movie it's in, nev...<br><br>I suppose I've always been on the fence with The Weeknd, because while so many of his tracks have had such musical depth to them, I need a lot more patience with R&B as it for me has always been far less instantly impressive than that particular genre I stan far too much. Nevertheless, I'm not sure if this is the track to do it, but it's a rather decent smooth track. 3.5

****Decent enough, which I can mainly put down to the song's production.<br><br>EDIT: I don't think I gave this enough credit on first listen.<br><br>The production is great, and I stand by that, but I don't think I gave the vocals enough credit the first time around. They really match the mood of the song perfectly and are really quite well done.<br><br>Easily better than that Ellie Goulding song that became popular off the same soundtrack<br><br>His best song that I've heard so far.<br><br>3* -> 4.25*Last edited: 23.06.2015 11:26

***One of the funniest moments of 2015: The Weeknd gets roped in to work on the soundtrack for "50 Shades Of Grey" (because of course), but because it's such a blockbuster event, he actually needs to tone DOWN his lyrics. Which is kind of a shame actually because it doesn't leave much on his part to take away from this.<br><br>The other key difference with this single is that the hazey backdrops are substituted in for strings. And they're there I suppose but they don't offer much but a mood. There is a nice climax for the bridge but by then the momentum feels a bit drained. 3.4<br><br>Kind of bewildering to think that this isn't even The Weeknd's 2nd biggest hit from 2015.

****So it wasn't the obvious pop smash by a female pop star that I ended up enjoying the most of the two big 50 Shades Of Grey tracks, but the other one by that Weeknd guy who's music I hadn't really explored much. It's still weird to me that I liked this so much but it's just so good. His voice is so good and I love how classy the song is, especially given it's The Weeknd and for a movie about BDSM. Even the string production is really cool and suits his beautiful voice well. It's just so lovely and I'm pleased I still like it so much a year after first listening to it.